The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office is a full-service law enforcement agency serving the citizens of Habersham County, Georgia. The Habersham County Sheriff, Joey Terrell, is an elected constitutional officer and is statutorily charged with the responsibility of providing all primary law enforcement services within Habersham County. The agency also provides related law enforcement services to the entire county, including civil and criminal process, assistance to municipal agencies, crime prevention and education programs, victim assistance services, and providing school resource officers for the Habersham County School System.

The Sheriff is also responsible for the administration and everyday operation of the Habersham County Jail.

Regarding this Facebook page – please keep in mind people of all ages are fans on our page. Please do not use profanity. Part of the mission of the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office is to promote community involvement and share as much information about our day to day operation as possible. By sharing information on this site, we hope to forge stronger relationships with the citizens we serve. The purpose of this site is to share information on specific HCSO topics of interest. This is a promotional and crime prevention site and not a forum to prompt user debate. We reserve the right to edit or remove comments which are inaccurate, promote false information, or misrepresents the agency, hateful, obscene, or comments that aren’t related to the topic. Politically motivated comments will also be removed and we reserve the right to block individuals who misuse our Facebook page.
Please note that this page is not monitored 24-hours per day and in the case of an emergency, please call 911.

We felt the love on Valentine’s Day from our friends at Wilbanks Middle School. The FFA program sponsored a delicious and healthy breakfast for all of their local heroes… Joining us were Cornelia PD, Toccoa’s Police Chief and our Habersham County School Resource Officers!

On February 9, 2018, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement, the Mt. Airy Police Department and the Department of Corrections executed 5 opioid related search warrants in Habersham and Franklin Counties. During the course of this 5 month overdose death investigation of Adam Hicks, ARDEO Agents identified a heroin distribution ring in North Georgia. Authorities executed 5 search warrants and charged 5 people with violating the Georgia Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). The investigation also uncovered additional people from Adam Hick’s inner circle that were distributing heroin and oxycodone (scheduled II). As a result of the evidence and information developed today, Habersham County authorities have arrested Ashley Sosbee for felony murder in the overdose death of Adam Hicks.

Authorities have worked tirelessly to bring the people responsible for the death of Adam Hick to justice. This investigation speaks loudly to opioid dealers that law enforcement will not sit idly on the sidelines as the people in our communities die.